The Inspiration Behind Avatar's 'Floating Mountains'
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While most of Pandora in this year's blockbuster movie 'Avatar' is a figment of Mr. Cameron's vivid imagination, it seems that the 'hallelujah' or floating mountains' were inspired by an actual peak of quartz-sandstone that lies deep in the mountains of South Hunan in China.
The 3,554 ft. column is one of a number of jagged peaks that lie in the rugged terrain of the Zhangjiajie national forest and was until recently called the 'Southern Sky Column'.
However, after seeing the rush of people trying to get a glimpse of Earth's 'Hallelujah,' Chinese officials have changed its name to 'Avatar Hallelujah Mountain' and are now offering tours called 'Magical Tour to Avatar-Pandora' or 'Miracle Tour to Avatar's Floating Mountain'.
The government website that is marketing these tours entices tourists with taglines like - 'Pandora is far but Zhangjiajie is near' and, 'Welcome to Zhangjiajie to see Avatar's Hallelujah Mountains and see the real 'Pandora'.
We have no doubt that millions of people will flock to the site, given the frenzy the movie is still generating. Just earlier this week, with $1.84 billion USD in ticket sales, it became the top-grossing movie ever, surpassing Mr. Cameron's previous blockbuster 'Titanic'.
sources: moviegoodsblog.com,dailymail.co.uk
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- V.I.N.N.I.E almost 7 yearsThis mountain ain't even floating
- Bumover 8 yearsGood
- searlalmost 10 yearscool
- Angelalmost 10 yearsI watched the movie avatar it's soooo cool
- darshaoabout 10 yearsneat
- kkkkmover 10 yearsepic
- kyle almost 11 yearsepic
- minecraft loverover 11 yearsThat is sad, the cartoon was better than the awful movie and everyone s going to the montains.
- khaledover 11 yearsavatar is behinde this floating moutian on one nations master all for elmis in 19 61 everybody is died because every nations will die ''The End''.
- firwinalmost 12 yearsThis is so cool